| Rank |
Artist |
Title |
Label |
| 1 |
Polysics |
Now is the Time |
Tofu |
| 2 |
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone |
Etiquette |
Tomlab |
| 3 |
Jackie-O-Motherfucker |
Flag of the Sacred Harp |
All Tomorrow's Parties |
| 4 |
The Blank Tapes |
Landfair |
Matty Made |
| 5 |
Aoki Takamasa and Tujiko Noriko |
28 |
FatCat |
| 6 |
City of Progress |
Bi-Coastal Curious |
Dogsniffing Bomb |
| 7 |
Of Montreal |
Deflated Chime Foals Slightly Flower Sibylline Responses |
Polyvinyl |
| 8 |
The Duhks |
Daughters and your Sons |
Sugar Hill |
| 9 |
Clogs |
Lantern |
Brassland |
| 10 |
Twink |
The Broken Record |
Seeland |
| 11 |
The Ladies |
They Mean Us |
Temporary Residence |
| 12 |
Tender Forever |
The Soft and the Hardcore |
K |
| 13 |
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti |
House Arrest |
Paw Tracks |
| 14 |
Azalia Snail |
Avec Amour |
A True Classical CD |
| 15 |
J. Dilla |
Donuts |
Stones Throw |
| 16 |
Karl Blau |
Beneath Waves |
K |
| 17 |
Under 21 Los Angeles |
Various Artists |
Olfactory |
| 18 |
Pink Black |
S/t |
New Disorder |
| 19 |
East River Pipe |
What Are you On? |
Merge |
| 20 |
The Ex |
Singles. Period. |
Touch and Go |
| 21 |
Delta 5 |
Singles and Sessions 1979-81 |
Kill Rock Stars |
| 22 |
Books on Tape |
Dinosaur Dinosaur |
Alien8 |
| 23 |
Frequent Flyer |
S/t |
Pan Ami |
| 24 |
Hypatia Lake |
And we Shall Call Him Joseph |
Sad Robot |
| 25 |
Dark Holler: Old Love Songs and Ballads |
Various Artists |
Smithsonian Folkways |
| 26 |
Ulrich Schnauss |
Far Away Trains Passing By |
Domino |
| 27 |
Antimatter |
Our Lady of the Skies |
Asphodel |
| 28 |
Calvin Johnson |
Before the Dream Faded |
K |
| 29 |
Blackbird |
Birds Eye View |
Alpha Pup |
| 30 |
Bonnie Prince Billy |
Summer in the Southeast |
Sea Note |